Sending Christmas Cards and New Year's Cards

Deadlines for Sending Christmas Mail

The deadlines for sending Christmas mail, including cards, to various countries and territories are given in the table below.

Country/Territory of Destination

Mailing Deadline (Please see Notes.)

Airmail

SAL Mail

Sea Mail

(Asia)

India

December 2

December 1

-

Indonesia

December 17

December 12

Finished

Korea

December 17

-

December 3

Singapore

December 15

December 5

Finished

Sri Lanka

December 8

December 5

-

Thailand

December 16

December 12

Finished

Taiwan

December 12

-

Finished

China

December 10

December 8

Finished

Pakistan

December 12

December 8

-

Bangladesh

December 11

December 5

-

Philippines

December 5

December 4

Finished

Vietnam

December 16

-

-

Hong Kong

December 12

December 11

November 28

Macao

December 12

-

-

Malaysia

December 11

December 8

Finished

Myanmar

December 11

-

-

Laos

December 16

-

-

(North America)

Canada

December 5

December 2

Finished

Hawaii

December 12

December 1

Finished

USA

December 11

December 4

Finished

(Central and South America)

Argentina

December 8

December 2

-

El Salvador

December 15

-

-

Guatemala

December 10

-

-

Colombia

December 12

December 5

-

Chile

December 4

December 2

-

Trinidad and Tobago

December 9

-

-

Nicaragua

December 16

-

-

Panama

December 8

-

-

Brazil

December 12

December 11

Finished

Venezuela

December 11

-

-

Peru

December 12

December 5

Finished

Mexico

December 12

December 5

Finished

(Near and Middle East)

UAE

December 5

December 4

-

Yemen

December 4

-

-

Israel

December 4

December 4

-

Oman

December 5

-

-

Qatar

December 12

-

-

Kuwait

December 12

December 5

-

Cyprus

December 12

-

-

Saudi Arabia

December 15

December 2

-

Bahrain

December 15

December 12

-

Jordan

December 9

-

-

(Europe)

Ireland

December 12

December 5

-

Italy

December 12

December 12

-

United Kingdom

December 11

December 5

Finished

Austria

December 12

December 8

-

Netherlands

December 17

December 8

Finished

Greece

December 5

December 2

-

Switzerland

December 15

December 12

-

Sweden

December 12

December 12

-

Spain

December 12

December 5

-

Denmark

December 12

December 12

-

Germany

December 12

December 8

Finished

Norway

December 19

December 15

-

Hungary

December 12

December 9

-

Finland

December 15

December 12

-

France

December 12

December 5

Finished

Belgium

December 15

December 8

-

Poland

December 10

December 9

-

Portugal

December 12

December 8

-

Romania

December 11

-

-

Russia

December 8

December 5

Finished

(Oceania)

Australia

December 12

December 5

Finished

New Zealand

December 11

December 5

Finished

Papua New Guinea

December 4

-

-

Fiji

December 12

-

Finished

(Africa)

Algeria

December 5

December 2

-

Uganda

December 5

-

-

Egypt

December 16

-

-

Ethiopia

December 5

-

-

Ghana

December 12

-

-

Kenya

December 5

December 2

-

Zambia

December 5

-

-

Zimbabwe

December 5

-

-

Tanzania

December 9

-

-

Nigeria

December 12

-

-

Madagascar

December 10

-

-

Malawi

December 5

-

-

Mauritius

December 12

-

-

Morocco

December 10

-

-

Notes:

These mailing deadlines are the final dates set according to the delivery information received from each country/territory in order to allow enough time for Christmas mail, including cards, to be delivered in the destination countries/territories. They are not meant to restrict mailing after the deadlines.

It is recommended that you send parcels, small packets, and others requiring customs inspection at the country of destination prior to the deadlines as additional time may be required.

Regarding SAL Mail, where the deadline fields are left empty means that it is either impossible to establish the time needed to deliver Christmas mail or that SAL service does not provide.

Regarding Sea Mail, where the deadline fields are left empty means that it is impossible to establish the time needed for delivery of Christmas mail. Where it says "Finished", the Christmas mail shipment deadline has already passed.

For countries and territories not included in the table above, the Christmas mail delivery schedule is unclear, and we therefore do not set the mail shipment deadlines.

Sending New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) Overseas

New Year's Post Cards issued by Japan Post (Nenga-jo) can be sent overseas with an additional postage stamp, that is, a 18-yen stamp for Airmail.
There is no special handling such as delivering New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) on New Year's Day in other countries.
Therefore, if you want to deliver the cards during the New Year season, please send your cards using the "List of Delivery Days" accessible on Japan Post's website as a reference: